Ἰέρνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἰϝέρνη (Iwérnē)
  • Ἰϝερνία (Iwernía), Ἰουερνία (Iouernía), Ἱβερνία (Hibernía)

Etymology

Borrowed from Primitive Irish *īweriyū and its genitive *īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓έρνη • (Īérnē) f (genitive Ῑ̓έρνης); first declension

  1. Ireland (a large island in northwestern Europe)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη; τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη
hē Īérnē
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης
tês Īérnēs
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓έρνῃ
tēî Īérnēi
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓έρνην
tḕn Īérnēn
Vocative Ῑ̓έρνη
Īérnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιερνή (Ierní) (archaic)
  • Latin: Īernē

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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